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Ministry of Railways
Railways set to have 86 Oxygen plants for its hospitals
4 Oxygen Plants are functional, 52 are sanctioned and 30 under various stages of processing
Massive Capacity Enhancement in 86 Railway Hospitals across India
The number of beds for Covid treatment have been increased from 2539 to 6972
Invasive ventilators have been added and their number has been increased from 62 to 296
General Managers have been delegated further powers, upto Rs 2 crores in each case for sanctioning Oxygen Generation plants
Indian Railways is leaving no stone unturned in the fight against Covid 19. On one hand, Railways is moving Oxygen Expresses swiftly with loaded oxygen to different parts, at the same, it is continuing with the movement of passenger and freight traffic. At the same time, Railways has geared up its in-house medical facilities.
Massive Capacity Enhancement is planned in 86 Railway Hospitals across India. 4 Oxygen Plants are functional, 52 are sanctioned and 30 under various stages of processing. All Railway Covid Hospitals to be equipped with Oxygen Plants.
General Managers have been delegated further powers, upto Rs 2 crores in each case for sanctioning Oxygen Generation plants under M&P vide Rly Bd letter no 2020/FII/ PW/3/Pt dated 4.5.21.
A series of measures have been initiated. The number of beds for Covid treatment have been increased from 2539 to 6972. The ICU Beds in Covid hospitals have been increased from 273 to 573.
Invasive ventilators have been added and their number has been increased from 62 to 296. Constant efforts are being made to add critical medical equipment like BIPAP machines, Oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders etc in Railway hospitals. Railways have also issued instructions that Covid affected employees may be admitted to empanelled hospitals on referral basis as per need.
This massive capacity enhancement in Railway Hospitals would usher in better infrastructure to handle medical emergencies.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Strengthening APMCS through Agriculture Infrastructure Fund  Scheme
Government of India has launched the Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund  to boost Agriculture Infrastructure relating to Post-Harvest Management  and Community Farming Assets in the country. Under this scheme financing facility of ₹1 lakh crore is to be disbursed by banks/lending institutions as loans to eligible beneficiaries.
This financing facility will help APMCs to upgrade their infrastructure, which will ultimately benefit the farmers.
|
|
S.No
|
|
State/UT
|
|
Tentative Fund Allocation 
|
|
1
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
12831
|
|
2
|
|
Rajasthan
|
|
9015
|
|
3
|
|
Maharashtra
|
|
8460
|
|
4
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
7440
|
|
5
|
|
Gujarat
|
|
7282
|
|
6
|
|
West Bengal
|
|
7260
|
|
7
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
6540
|
|
8
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
5990
|
|
9
|
|
Punjab
|
|
4713
|
|
10
|
|
Karnataka
|
|
4525
|
|
11
|
|
Bihar
|
|
3980
|
|
12
|
|
Haryana
|
|
3900
|
|
13
|
|
Telangana
|
|
3075
|
|
14
|
|
Kerala
|
|
2520
|
|
15
|
|
Odisha
|
|
2500
|
|
16
|
|
Assam
|
|
2050
|
|
17
|
|
Chattisgarh
|
|
1990
|
|
18
|
|
Jharkhand
|
|
1445
|
|
19
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
925
|
|
20
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh
|
|
900
|
|
21
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
785
|
|
22
|
|
Tripura
|
|
360
|
|
23
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
290
|
|
24
|
|
Nagaland
|
|
230
|
|
25
|
|
Manipur
|
|
200
|
|
26
|
|
Mizoram
|
|
196
|
|
27
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
190
|
|
28
|
|
Goa
|
|
110
|
|
29
|
|
Delhi
|
|
102
|
|
30
|
|
Sikkim
|
|
56
|
|
31
|
|
Puducherry
|
|
48
|
|
32
|
|
A & N Islands
|
|
40
|
|
33
|
|
Daman & Diu
|
|
22
|
|
34
|
|
Lakshadweep
|
|
11
|
|
35
|
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
|
10
|
|
36
|
|
Chandigarh
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
1,00,000
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Textiles
Post-GST rates Notified to boost exports and employment generation in the labour intensive textiles and apparel sector
In order to support exports of readymade garments and made-ups, Government vide Notification No. 14/26/2010- IT dated 24th November 2017 has notified post-GST rates under the scheme for Remission of State Levies  on exports of readymade garments, made-ups and under AA-RoSL for garments.
Post-GST rates of RoSL are upto a maximum of 1.70% for cotton garments, 1.25% for MMF, Silk and Woolen garments and 1.48% for apparel of blends. Rates are upto a maximum of 2.20% for cotton made-ups, 1.40% for MMF and silk made-ups and 1.80% for made-ups of blends. For sacks and bags made of jute, the rate is 0.60%. The RoSL rate for garments under AA-AIR combination is 0.66%.
Notification of post-GST RoSL rates for rebate of state levies/taxes is in pursuance of the decision of Government of India to boost exports and employment generation in the labour intensive textiles and apparel sector. The Notification is in supersession of Ministry of Textiles Notification No 14/26/2016-IT dated 28.9.2017. These rates shall be effective from 01.10.2017. Further, DGFT has enhanced the rates under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme  from 2% to 4% on readymade garments and made ups w.e.f 1st November 2017 till 30th June 2018. These measures are expected to boost the exports of garments and made-ups from India.
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Finance Commission
The 15th Finance Commission meets with the Ministry of Women and Child Development
The 15th Finance Commission headed by Shri N.K. Singh and including Members and senior officials of the Commission held a meeting with the Union Minister for Women & Child Development Smt. Smriti Z Irani and her team of senior officials of the Ministry of WCD.
The Ministry’s proposals for enhanced allocations for its important schemes covering Anganwadi Services, Poshan, Women Welfare, Women Safety, Women Empowerment were discussed in details.
Among its major recommendation for the consideration of the Commission:
- The Ministry of WCD has requested the 15th Finance Commission to include gender Budgeting in its fiscal devolution formula.
- In the Commission’s Vertical Devolution the Ministry has requested for prioritizing gender concerns within schemes/ programmes – with a minimum compulsory allocation of 25% to 40%.
- In its horizontal devolution the Commission has been requested to incorporate gender criteria  as a criteria for horizontal devolution of funds between States.
- The Commission has also been asked to provide for basic and performance grants under which additional activities could be added to current activities of Local Bodies for promoting gender equality.
The Ministry of WCD has also called for:
- Incentivizing performance: States with better performance in Women Education/ Health Outcomes/ LFPR/ Nutritional Outcomes may be considered for incentive grants.
- Fiscal Equalization: Gap funding for States to reach normative levels of social sector spending.
- Enhanced Funding: up from 1% to 1.5% of the Union Budget for WCD.
- Development of CDI/ GDI based on International Practice.
- Revamped indicator for women participation in workforce.
- Increased allocation for Health and Education.
- Reservation of certain percentage of funds for Women centric development works by local bodies.
- Increased funding for capacity building of elected women representatives.
- Women & Wataer: Jal Shakti Abhiyan / Augmentation of Water Resources.
- Mechanism for single data source for SDGs with Annual Measurements.
The Commission has noted all the issues raised by the Ministry and has assured that they would look into all of them carefully while framing its report to the Union Government.
Prime Minister's Office
Unprecedented work done in the last few years to modernise the railways: PM Modi
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has underlined change in approach in railways infrastructure development in recent times. This change has led to unprecedented progress in modernization in Indian Railways. Shri Modi was speaking after flagging off eight trains connecting different regions of the country to Kevadiya in Gujarat and inaugurating several railways related projects in the state, via video conferencing.
The Prime Minister said that earlier focus was limited to keeping the existing infrastructure running and there was little attention on new thinking or new technology. It was imperative to change this approach. In the recent years, work was done on comprehensive transformation of entire railway system and it wasn’t limited to tinkering with budget and new train announcements. The transformation took place on many fronts. He gave example of the present project of connecting Kevadiya where multi-pronged focus led to completion of the task in record time.
The Prime Minister also presented Dedicated Freight Corridor as an example of change in approach from earlier times. The Prime Minister dedicated the Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors recently. This project was under progress and between 2006-2014 work was done only on papers with not even a single kilometre track laid. Now a total of 1100 Kilometre are about to be completed in next few months.
Ministry of Power
Power ministry comes forward for the reconstruction and restoration of Uttrakhand post October flood damages
Power Minister presents cheque of Rs.22.50 Crores to Uttarakhand Government
Extends help to rebuild 478 school buildings and 28 health centers
Union Minister of Power Shri R.K Singh today presented a cheque of Rs 22.5 Crores to Uttarakhand Minister of Disaster Management Shri D S Rawat here with virtual presence of Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami .
Shri R K Singh applauded the swift action taken by the Power sector CPSEs to support the state of Uttarakhand. He conveyed strong commitment of the central government to support Uttarakhand specially in this time of crisis. He also appreciated Power CPSEs for coming forward to support people in times of need as done during COVID crisis as well.
Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed his heartfelt gratitude towards the Power Minister and thanked all CPSEs for their commitment to the state in times of crisis.
Ministry of State for Power Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar , Secretary Power Shri Alok Kumar and CMDs of Power CPSUs were also present at the event.
Recently Uttarakhand witnessed unusually high and unprecedented rainfall in some places on 17 & 18 October, 2021, resulting in loss of lives and severe damage to infrastructure and public utilities in many districts. The Power Sector CPSEs, in their bid to stand united for restoration works in the flood hit Uttarakhand, contributed a sum of Rs.22,50,00,000/-  to the Uttar State Disaster Management Authority . The event was held in the presence of Secretary Power, CMDs of all the power sector CPSEs and key officials of the Ministry of Power. The following CPSES made contributions to the USDMA showing their solidarity and support to the development works to undertaken in Uttarakhand –
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CPSE
|
|
Support 
|
|
NTPC
|
|
8 Cr
|
|
REC
|
|
5 Cr
|
|
PFC
|
|
4 Cr
|
|
PGCIL
|
|
3.5 Cr
|
|
NHPC
|
|
1 Cr
|
|
THDC
|
|
50 Lakhs
|
|
SJVN
|
|
50 Lakhs
|
|
Total
|
|
22.50 Cr
Activities under the project will be for reconstruction / restoration work in 478 schools in 8 districts  and 28 health Centres in 5 districts  of Uttarakhand. The project will be executed by the USDMA from the financial support extended by the Power Sector CPSEs under CSR.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 
Cabinet approves construction of a new 6 - Lane bridge with its approaches across River Ganga at Phaphamau, Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the project for construction of 9.9 km long new 6 - lane bridge across river Ganga on NH - 96 at Phaphamau in Allahabad with total capital cost of Rs. 1948.25 crore.
The construction period for the project is three years and likely to be completed by December, 2021. The new bridge will resolve the traffic congestion on existing old 2 - lane Phaphamau bridge on NH-96 at Allahabad.
The new bridge will also facilitate to the large congregation of people at Holy City Allahabad during Kumbh, Ardh-Kumbh and other yearly ritual baths at SANGAM in Prayag. This will give a boost to pilgrimage tourism and local economy of Holy city of Prayag.
This new 6 - lane bridge will also be beneficial for the Lucknow / Faizabad bound traffic coming from Madhya Pradesh via National Highway - 27 and National Highway - 76 through Naini Bridge.
In addition, this project of new bridge will generate direct employment during construction for about 9.20 lakh mandays.
At present all the Allahabad bound traffic coming from National Highway - 96, National Highway - 24 B, Asian Highway -1 and other local highways are using the existing old 2 - lane bridge at Phaphamau for crossing the River Ganga. There is no entry for goods vehicles on this bridge from 06 am to 11 pm. The present traffic on the old bridge is about 40,000 PCUs  which is manifold greater than its designed capacity of 15,000 PCUs , resulting in severe jam over bridge all around the day and night. This new 6 - lane bridge will decongest the old bridge and will also ensure fast and safe movement for traffic.
Background:
It may be noted that there were only 13 bridges on river Ganges between Allahabad to Farakka before May'2014. After 2014, additional 20 bridges were planned, out of which five have been opened to traffic and seven are under construction on the above stretch, thus bringing the total number of bridges to 33. Out of balance 8 bridges, which are planned for construction, work on Farakka, Sahebganj and Mokarnah is likely to start very soon. The present Phaphamau bridge would be therefore 29th Bridge on river Ganges between Allahabad and Farakka.
Ministry of Communications
TRAI issues Consultation Paper on “Regulating Converged Digital Technologies and Services –Enabling Convergence of Carriage of Broadcasting and Telecommunication services.”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India  today issued the Consultation Paper on “Regulating Converged Digital Technologies and Services –Enabling Convergence of Carriage of Broadcasting and Telecommunication services”.
Over the period of time, various technological developments in digital markets have resulted in the convergence of devices, services, and networks. Efficient utilization of resources, increased level of competition, more innovative user applications and technological developments are the main drivers of convergence. Convergence has been intensified by the emerging use of digital technologies across the sectors. The convergence of digital and physical products through the use of Machine to Machine , Internet of Things , Artificial Intelligenceand other technologies is paving the way for Fourth Industrial Revolution . Convergence has brought several benefits to stakeholders. Technological convergence not only enable
s possibility of delivering a broader set of products, but also benefits through lower entrance barriers, promotion of competition, lower cost equipment, quicker market response, and new business opportunities. But at the same time, it has posed several challenges as well. The paper examines the challenges posed by converging technologies and seeks views of the stakeholders onchanges required, if any, in legal, administrative, and licensing framework to deal with them.
The consultation paper is available on the TRAI website, and the last date for submission of comments is 27.02.2023 and counter comments by 13.03.2023. The Comments and counter-comments may be sent, preferably in electronic form to Shri Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Advisor , TRAI, on the email id: advbbpa@trai.gov.in with a copy to jtadv-bbpa@trai.gov.in. For any clarification/information, Shri Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Advisor, , may be contacted at Telephone No - +91-11-23236119.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
No Proposal for Removal of Creamy Layer for OBCs
The Government has implemented the ‘creamy layer’ concept in pursuance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s order in the case of Indra Sawhney and others etc. vs. Union of India and others [ No. 930/1990]. At present, there is no proposal in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for removal of Creamy Layer.
The Government has constituted a Commission on 2nd October, 2017 under article 340 of the Constitution to examine the sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes. The Commission commenced functioning with effect from 11.10.2017 i.e. the date of assumption of charge by the Chairperson. There has been no delay in constituting the panel.
Certain States including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have introduced sub-categorization within Other Backward Classes reservation quota. The sub-categorization adopted by these States is being studied by the Commission for Other Backward Classes to examine the issues of sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes in the Central List.
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 193.13 Cr
Over 3.36 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 16,308
2,685 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.75%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.54%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 193.13 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,44,45,929 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.36 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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|
Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
|
|
HCWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
1,04,06,837
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1,00,38,523
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
51,90,970
|
|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
1,84,18,839
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1,75,81,512
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
86,14,104
|
|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
3,36,37,974
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1,57,55,480
|
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
5,93,90,523
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
4,54,76,127
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
55,70,67,459
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
48,93,11,452
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
7,58,822
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
20,32,34,041
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
19,06,90,583
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
13,25,064
|
|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
12,70,79,287
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
11,89,27,472
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
1,84,36,849
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
3,43,25,809
|
|
Total
|
|
1,93,13,41,918
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 16,308. Active cases now constitute 0.04% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75%. 2,158 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,26,09,335.
2,685 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,47,637 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 84.93 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.54% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 0.60%.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Review of Budgetary Expenditure of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region  including North Eastern Council  by Minister of DoNER
Minister for DoNER Shri. G. Kishan Reddy today Chaired a review meeting on the budgetary expenditure by DoNER and NEC in the presence of Senior Officers from North Eastern State Governments. Secretary, MDoNER and other senior officers of MDoNER were also present in the meeting.
Minister called upon the officials to ensure 100% expenditure from the budget while ensuring full compliance with the new CNA System. He also asked the State Governments to provide the pending UCs and ensure full expenditure in on-going projects as well as expeditiously submit DPRs for new project proposals.
Minister directed Senior Officers of MDoNER, NEC and State Governments to conduct meetings on weekly basis to review the status of expenditure and ensure 100% utilization of budgetary funds.
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1896111
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Enforcement of Minimum Wages
The provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, are being enforced by the Central Government and the State Governments in their respective jurisdiction. In the Central sphere the enforcement is done through the Inspecting Officers of the Chief Labour Commissioner  commonly designated as Central Industrial Relations Machinery  and the compliance in the State sphere is ensured through the State Enforcement Machinery. The designated inspecting officers conduct regular inspections and in the event of detection of any case of non-payment or underpayment of wages/minimum wages, they direct the employers to make payment of the shortfall of wages. In case of non-compliance, penal provisions prescribed under section 22 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, are taken recourse to. The details in regard to enforcement of the minimum wages in the Scheduled employments in the Central Sphere are annexed.
Landholding is the basic eligibility criteria to avail the benefit of the PM-KISAN Scheme. The Scheme aims to provide a payment of Rs. 6000/- per year to be transferred in three equal instalments of Rs. 2000/- each, every four months directly into the bank accounts of eligible landholding farmer families.
Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven wage employment programme which provides for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. There is no gender based discrimination under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. The Government has been making all efforts for improving the women participation under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS and for which a separate schedule of rate has been mandated for them with flexible working hours.
As stipulated in the Schedule-II to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, the workers are, inter- alia, provided medical treatment in case of injury caused by accident arising out of and in the course of employment and ex gratia payment on death or permanent disability in the course of employment. Further, the facilities of safe drinking water, shade for children and periods of rest, first-aid box with adequate material for emergency treatment for minor injuries and other health hazards connected with the work being performed are provided at the work site.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.